| Date | Title | Description |
| 17.08.2022 | DataProphet has completed its $10 million Series A funding round | DataProphet, artificial intelligence as a service (AI-a-a-S) company, has announced the closing of a $10 million Series A funding round.
The round was led by Knife Capital and included participation from IDC of South Africa and Norican, the... |
| 15.08.2022 | Weekly Economic Index: 34 African countries are on the heavily indebted poor countries list | According to the World Bank, there are currently 34 African countries on the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) list. The HIPC list is a joint initiative of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) launched in 1996 and a... |
| 13.08.2022 | SA’S DataProphet completes $10 M Series A funding to spur development | The $10 million Series A funding round for South African firm DataProphet, which utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) to assist manufacturers to automate their processes, has already been completed.
When Frans Cronje and Daniel Schwartzkop... |
| 11.08.2022 | DataProphet closes $10m series A round led by Knife Capital | South Africa-founded DataProphet has completed a $10 million series A funding round. This, says insiders, sets the AI-as-a-Service (AIaaS) platform on its way to becoming the leading provider of impactful AI solutions for the manufacturing ... |
| 11.08.2022 | South African startup DataProphet raises $10 million to scale AI solutions for manufacturers | South African AI-as-a-Service (AIaaS) startup DataProphet has announced the completion of its $10 million Series A funding round which started in 2020 with a $6 million round led by IDC and Norican.
This latest round was led by venture capi... |
| 11.08.2022 | DataProphet closes $10m series A round led by Knife Capital | South Africa-founded DataProphet has completed a $10 million series A funding round. This, says insiders, sets the AI-as-a-Service (AIaaS) platform on its way to becoming the leading provider of impactful AI solutions for the manufacturing ... |
| 10.08.2022 | DataProphet, a South African startup, has raised $10 million in Series A to expand its AI-as-a-service platform | DataProphet, a South African startup, has raised $10m in Series A to expand its AI-as-a-service platform for manufacturers and to further invest in its industrial AI product set. |
| 10.08.2022 | South Africa's DataProphet Closes $10m to Scale Its AI-As-a-Service Platform for Manufacturers | Manufacturing plants or factories take raw material inputs and add value through a sequence of unit processes before shipping a product. Now, this process must follow a recipe. There are a series of instructions for products such as cars; i... |
| 10.08.2022 | South Africa’s DataProphet closes $10M to scale its AI-as-a-service platform for manufacturers | Manufacturing plants or factories take raw material inputs and add value through a sequence of unit processes before shipping a product. Now, this process must follow a recipe. There are a series of instructions for products such as cars; i... |
| 10.08.2022 | DATAPROPHET CLOSES $10M SERIES A FUNDING | Share this:
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| 23.12.2021 | How AI-as-a-Service is perfectly poised to meet next-era production's ramp-up & capacity challenges | Manufacturing and the science of materials are evolving quickly, so the rate of new products and product variations industrials put into the world is increasing. This evolution also means process parameters, which circumscribe the making of... |
| 16.11.2021 | AWS claims pivotal role in creation of African unicorns | Amazon Web Services (AWS) played an instrumental role in helping to create most of Africa’s seven unicorn start-ups, by helping them build a strong foundation, which created sustainability and scaling potential.
This is according to Henri Z... |
| 27.08.2021 | South African startups helping to solve global challenges | South African entrepreneurs are known for many things: optimism in the face of adversity, thrifty creativity, the ability to pivot when circumstances change, and above all, their tremendous resilience.
Across the startup landscape, one fin... |
| 27.08.2021 | South African startups helping to solve global challenges | South African entrepreneurs are known for many things: optimism in the face of adversity, thrifty creativity, the ability to pivot when circumstances change, and above all, their tremendous resilience.
Across the startup landscape, one find... |
| 15.10.2020 | Cape Town-based tech startup receives prestigious international award | An award-winning AI manufacturing local tech startup, DataProphet, has won the 2020 European Prescriptive for Autonomous Manufacturing Technology Innovation Leadership Award by Frost & Sullivan, an international research firm.
This is t... |
| 15.10.2020 | Cape Town-based tech startup receives prestigious international award | An award-winning AI manufacturing local tech startup, DataProphet, has won the 2020 European Prescriptive for Autonomous Manufacturing Technology Innovation Leadership Award by Frost & Sullivan, an international research firm.
This is ... |
| 14.10.2020 | SA’s AI Firm DataProphet Scoops Up Fourth Prestigious International Award | DataProphet Team |
| 27.08.2020 | AI startup DataProphet raises USD 6M in Series A financing round to expand internationally | South Africa based Artificial Intelligence (AI) start-up, DataProphet which provide manufacturers with operations autonomy has announced on 25th August, 2020, that it has bagged USD 6M in series A financing round. The funds will be utilized... |
| 25.08.2020 | Cape Town-based tech startup secures $6-million funding | An award-winning AI manufacturing company and South African tech startup, DataProphet, has raised $6-million in funding. The innovative tech startup aims to utilise the funding to expand internationally.
The funding will be used to expand ... |
| 25.08.2020 | Cape Town-based tech startup secures $6-million funding | An award-winning AI manufacturing company and South African tech startup, DataProphet, has raised $6-million in funding. The innovative tech startup aims to utilise the funding to expand internationally.
The funding will be used to expand D... |
| 08.06.2020 | Local companies plug into new AWS data centres | Local organisations have already started hooking up to the recently-launched Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cape Town data centres.
Artificial intelligence (AI) start-up DataProphet and bioinformatics tech company Hyrax Biosciences are among the... |
| 03.03.2020 | CB Insights lists SA startup Dataprophet on AI 100 ranking | US investment analytics platform CB Insights today named Cape Town based artificial intelligence (AI) startup Cape Town-based machine learning startup DataProphet, as part of the fourth annual AI 100 ranking.
The ranking showcases the 100 ... |
| 03.03.2020 | DataProphet Makes 2020 CB Insights AI 100 List of Most Innovative AI Startups | dataprophet
CB Insights today named DataProphet, a leader in AI that enables manufacturers to step towards autonomous manufacturing, to the fourth annual AI 100 ranking, showcasing the 100 most promising private artificial intelligence comp... |
| 03.03.2020 | CB Insights lists SA startup Dataprophet on AI 100 ranking | US investment analytics platform CB Insights today named Cape Town based artificial intelligence (AI) startup Cape Town-based machine learning startup DataProphet, as part of the fourth annual AI 100 ranking.
The ranking showcases the 100 m... |
| 03.03.2020 | DataProphet Makes 2020 CB Insights AI 100 List of Most Innovative AI Startups | dataprophet |
| 28.01.2020 | Knife Capital Extends Fund to Back Series-A Investment Opportunities | wp_booster error:
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| 28.01.2020 | Changes to Section 12J VC regime won’t spell doom for all funds says venture capitalist | Experts last year raised concern over new deductions limits for investors under Section 12J of the Income Tax Act, saying it will reduce the amount of funds that venture capital companies (VCCs) can raise. But Knife Capital‘s Keet van Zyl a... |
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| 28.01.2020 | Changes to Section 12J VC regime won’t spell doom for all funds says venture capitalist | Experts last year raised concern over new deductions limits for investors under Section 12J of the Income Tax Act, saying it will reduce the amount of funds that venture capital companies (VCCs) can raise. But Knife Capital‘s Keet van Zyl a... |
| 23.12.2019 | African tech startups netted over $6m in collective prize money in 2019 [List] | African tech startups this year tapped millions of dollars by taking part in and winning startup competitions — at least over $6-million collectively, by Ventureburn’s calculations.
The biggest cash prize went to South African insurtech st... |
| 23.12.2019 | African tech startups netted over $6m in collective prize money in 2019 [List] | African tech startups this year tapped millions of dollars by taking part in and winning startup competitions — at least over $6-million collectively, by Ventureburn’s calculations.
The biggest cash prize went to South African insurtech sta... |
| 02.12.2019 | Heavy Chef announces finalists of SA’s Five Most Exciting Startups list | The Heavy Chef Foundation has announced the 12 finalists of its SA’s Top 5 Most Exciting Startups initiative ahead of an award ceremony that will take place this Thursday (5 December) as part of Cape Town Startup Week 2019.
The foundation, ... |
| 02.12.2019 | Heavy Chef announces finalists of SA’s Five Most Exciting Startups list | The Heavy Chef Foundation has announced the 12 finalists of its SA’s Top 5 Most Exciting Startups initiative ahead of an award ceremony that will take place this Thursday (5 December) as part of Cape Town Startup Week 2019.
The foundation,... |
| 19.09.2019 | Raising funding in Africa? Here are 12 venture capitalists you should know about | If you’re reading this, chances are you’re a tech startup founder who is looking to raise venture capital (VC) funding.
The good news is as Africa’s VC sector continues to grow the amount of VC funding raised by startups this year is likel... |
| 19.09.2019 | Raising funding in Africa? Here are 12 venture capitalists you should know about | If you’re reading this, chances are you’re a tech startup founder who is looking to raise venture capital (VC) funding.
The good news is as Africa’s VC sector continues to grow the amount of VC funding raised by startups this year is likely... |
| 04.09.2019 | French government announces initiative to fly three SA tech startups to France | The French government plans to help SA tech startups to partner with European companies, by taking three SA tech startups to France in March next year where they will meet and partner with members of the French tech community.
The announcem... |
| 04.09.2019 | French government announces initiative to fly three SA tech startups to France | The French government plans to help SA tech startups to partner with European companies, by taking three SA tech startups to France in March next year where they will meet and partner with members of the French tech community.
The announce... |
| 29.08.2019 | SA AI startup Kriterion selected for Microsoft, Intel backed ION Smart City Accelerator | SA artificial intelligence (AI) startup Kriterion has announced its selection as one of 10 companies for the first cohort of Intel and Microsoft’s US-based ION Smart City accelerator.
The 10-month programme, which is based in Houston, Texa... |
| 29.08.2019 | SA AI startup Kriterion selected for Microsoft, Intel backed ION Smart City Accelerator | SA artificial intelligence (AI) startup Kriterion has announced its selection as one of 10 companies for the first cohort of Intel and Microsoft’s US-based ION Smart City accelerator.
The 10-month programme, which is based in Houston, Texas... |
| 23.08.2019 | Are these six, SA’s most important venture capitalists? | Who would you turn to if you were a SA tech startup looking for venture capital (VC)?
South Africa’s VC sector has grown substantially in recent years, with over R1-billion invested in startups and early-stage companies in 2017, according ... |
| 23.08.2019 | Are these six, SA’s most important venture capitalists? | Who would you turn to if you were a SA tech startup looking for venture capital (VC)?
South Africa’s VC sector has grown substantially in recent years, with over R1-billion invested in startups and early-stage companies in 2017, according t... |
| 01.07.2019 | DataProphet listed by World Economic Forum in its Technology Pioneers of 2019 | Hot on the heels of their recent award, SA machine learning startup DataProphet has again been honoured — this time by The World Economic Forum (WEF).
Last month the startup won the AIconics Award for Best Innovation in Deep Learning (see t... |
| 01.07.2019 | DataProphet listed by World Economic Forum in its Technology Pioneers of 2019 | Hot on the heels of their recent award, SA machine learning startup DataProphet has again been honoured — this time by The World Economic Forum (WEF).
Last month the startup won the AIconics Award for Best Innovation in Deep Learning (see ... |
| 12.06.2019 | DataProphet wins AIconics Award for Best Innovation in Deep Learning [Updated] | Cape Town-based machine learning startup DataProphet has won the AIconics Award for Best Innovation in Deep Learning, at an awards ceremony held last night (11 June) at Kensington Palace in London.
The awards include 12 categories, with the... |
| 12.06.2019 | DataProphet wins AIconics Award for Best Innovation in Deep Learning [Updated] | Cape Town-based machine learning startup DataProphet has won the AIconics Award for Best Innovation in Deep Learning, at an awards ceremony held last night (11 June) at Kensington Palace in London.
The awards include 12 categories, with th... |
| 20.05.2019 | SA’s Aerobotics wins President Macron Africa Tech Award at VivaTech 2019 | Cape Town based agritech startup Aerobotics has been named the winner of the President Macron Africa Tech Award at VivaTech 2019.
This, after the startup — which specialises in tree crop and pest disease monitoring processes using aerial d... |
| 20.05.2019 | SA’s Aerobotics wins President Macron Africa Tech Award at VivaTech 2019 | Cape Town based agritech startup Aerobotics has been named the winner of the President Macron Africa Tech Award at VivaTech 2019.
This, after the startup — which specialises in tree crop and pest disease monitoring processes using aerial da... |
| 17.05.2019 | AfricArena expands VivaTech partnership to create more startup growth opportunities | Tech startup conference and ecosystem accelerator AfricArena yesterday announced at VivaTech that it has expanded its partnership with the French tech summit.
AfricArena said in a statement yesterday (16 May) that the expanded partnership i... |
| 17.05.2019 | AfricArena expands VivaTech partnership to create more startup growth opportunities | Tech startup conference and ecosystem accelerator AfricArena yesterday announced at VivaTech that it has expanded its partnership with the French tech summit.
AfricArena said in a statement yesterday (16 May) that the expanded partnership ... |
| 03.05.2019 | Paris-bound: Meet AfricArena’s 10 startups set to showcase at VivaTech | AfricArena has announced the names of 10 startups selected to join its delegation to the fourth edition of annual French tech conference VivaTech.
VivaTech –dubbed the world’s rendezvous for startups and leaders — will be held between 16 a... |
| 03.05.2019 | Paris-bound: Meet AfricArena’s 10 startups set to showcase at VivaTech | AfricArena has announced the names of 10 startups selected to join its delegation to the fourth edition of annual French tech conference VivaTech.
VivaTech –dubbed the world’s rendezvous for startups and leaders — will be held between 16 an... |
| 14.02.2019 | Four Sars Section 12J venture capital funds that invest in SA tech startups | South Africa’s venture capital (VC) tax incentive allows investors that invest in accredited VC companies that then invest in small businesses, to make a tax deduction of 100% in the year that the investment was made.
To date the SA Revenue... |
| 14.02.2019 | Four Sars Section 12J venture capital funds that invest in SA tech startups | South Africa’s venture capital (VC) tax incentive allows investors that invest in accredited VC companies that then invest in small businesses, to make a tax deduction of 100% in the year that the investment was made.
To date the SA Revenu... |
| 11.02.2019 | Why we invested in soda drink startup Pura, explains Knife Capital | It’s not just tech that SA venture capital (VC) firm Knife Capital invests in. Today the VC — which has invested in a number of SA tech deals in recent years — announced that it had invested in SA beverage startup Pura.
Knife Capital did n... |
| 11.02.2019 | Why we invested in soda drink startup Pura, explains Knife Capital | It’s not just tech that SA venture capital (VC) firm Knife Capital invests in. Today the VC — which has invested in a number of SA tech deals in recent years — announced that it had invested in SA beverage startup Pura.
Knife Capital did no... |
| 05.12.2018 | Cape Town firms dominate Heavy Chef’s list of SA’s most exciting startups of 2018 | Five Cape Town based firms have been selected as Heavy Chef‘s “SA’s Top 5 Most Exciting Startups 2018” from over 1600 entries from around the country.
The five are fintech Lifecheq, healthtech LifeQ, lingerie and swimwear startup Thursdays... |
| 05.12.2018 | Cape Town firms dominate Heavy Chef’s list of SA’s most exciting startups of 2018 | Five Cape Town based firms have been selected as Heavy Chef‘s “SA’s Top 5 Most Exciting Startups 2018” from over 1600 entries from around the country.
The five are fintech Lifecheq, healthtech LifeQ, lingerie and swimwear startup Thursdays,... |
| 27.11.2018 | It’s official: Cape Town healthtech startup is SA SME Fund’s first investment | Ventureburn can today confirm that a venture capital deal concluded by Cape Town based KNF Ventures earlier this month in SA healthtech firm 5nines Technologies has made history — as the first investment that the R1.4-billion SA SME Fund ha... |
| 27.11.2018 | It’s official: Cape Town healthtech startup is SA SME Fund’s first investment | Ventureburn can today confirm that a venture capital deal concluded by Cape Town based KNF Ventures earlier this month in SA healthtech firm 5nines Technologies has made history — as the first investment that the R1.4-billion SA SME Fund ha... |
| 21.11.2018 | SA SME Fund in new mandate to invest over R1bn in black small firms, startups | SA’s long awaited SA SME Fund will invest just over R1-billion or 75% of its R1.4-billion in funds in black-owned small and medium-sized enterprises, including tech startups — the fund’s CEO Ketso Gordhan has revealed.
The fund, which is ca... |
| 21.11.2018 | SA SME Fund in new mandate to invest over R1bn in black small firms, startups | SA’s long awaited SA SME Fund will invest just over R1-billion or 75% of its R1.4-billion in funds in black-owned small and medium-sized enterprises, including tech startups — the fund’s CEO Ketso Gordhan has revealed.
The fund, which is c... |
| 19.11.2018 | Here are the 11 AfricArena 2018 partner innovation challenge winners | Eleven African startups will get the chance to work with big companies such as RCS and AirFrance KLM and French accelerators such as VivaTech and FSAT Labs.
This, after the 11 were announced as winners of various partner innovation challeng... |
| 19.11.2018 | Here are the 11 AfricArena 2018 partner innovation challenge winners | Eleven African startups will get the chance to work with big companies such as RCS and AirFrance KLM and French accelerators such as VivaTech and FSAT Labs.
This, after the 11 were announced as winners of various partner innovation challen... |
| 15.06.2018 | Advice from four SA tech entrepreneurs behind biggest deals of 2018 so far [Digital All Stars] | We’re nearly six months into 2018 and already South Africa has seen some big deals and acquisitions in the tech sector.
It’s not just Uber Eats’ acquisition of orderTalk — a tech company that was founded in South Africa, before being reloca... |
| 15.06.2018 | Advice from four SA tech entrepreneurs behind biggest deals of 2018 so far [Digital All Stars] | We’re nearly six months into 2018 and already South Africa has seen some big deals and acquisitions in the tech sector.
It’s not just Uber Eats’ acquisition of orderTalk — a tech company that was founded in South Africa, before being reloc... |
| 22.03.2018 | DataProphet secures ‘multi-million dollar’ funding from Knife Capital | Cape Town-based machine learning startup DataProphet has secured a “multi-million dollar” funding round from venture capital firm Knife Capital.
Speaking with Ventureburn, DataProphet co-founder and MD Frans Cronje (pictured above) said the... |
| 22.03.2018 | DataProphet secures ‘multi-million dollar’ funding from Knife Capital | Cape Town-based machine learning startup DataProphet has secured a “multi-million dollar” funding round from venture capital firm Knife Capital.
Speaking with Ventureburn, DataProphet co-founder and MD Frans Cronje (pictured above) said th... |
| 29.01.2018 | Launchlab to move from lecture sessions to online content says incubator head | Stellenbosch incubator Launchlab plans to move from lecture-style sessions to offering more online content for its Lean Iterator and Countdown Programmes which participants will be able to watch in their own time, says the incubator’s CEO P... |
| 29.01.2018 | Launchlab to move from lecture sessions to online content says incubator head | Stellenbosch incubator Launchlab plans to move from lecture-style sessions to offering more online content for its Lean Iterator and Countdown Programmes which participants will be able to watch in their own time, says the incubator’s CEO P... |
| 23.01.2018 | Machine learning can transform local manufacturing industry | Daniel Schwartzkopff, co-founder of DataProphet.
Machine learning is a transformative technology that can put the South African manufacturing sector on par with the best in the world, but without the requisite skills, manufacturers will str... |
| 13.12.2017 | A primer on the South African artificial intelligence ecosystem | Artificial intelligence — intelligent computer systems capable of learning from data — was one of the main trends in tech innovation this year. The tech is increasingly becoming ubiquitous across all industries from the automotive industry,... |
| 13.12.2017 | A primer on the South African artificial intelligence ecosystem | Artificial intelligence — intelligent computer systems capable of learning from data — was one of the main trends in tech innovation this year. The tech is increasingly becoming ubiquitous across all industries from the automotive industry,... |
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| 24.04.2017 | 6 artificial intelligence startups in Africa to look out for [Digital All Stars] | Digital All Stars is a series of articles which aims to celebrate the best of South African digital. The articles, which will appear on Memeburn and Ventureburn, recognise and celebrate South Africa’s best digital entrepreneurs, business pe... |
| 24.04.2017 | 6 artificial intelligence startups in Africa to look out for [Digital All Stars] | Digital All Stars is a series of articles which aims to celebrate the best of South African digital. The articles, which will appear on Memeburn and Ventureburn, recognise and celebrate South Africa’s best digital entrepreneurs, business pe... |
| 28.07.2016 | WCape university prioritises BI, analytics | DataProphet will help design a data analytics and business intelligence post-graduate course.
As of January 2017, the University of the Western Cape (UWC) will offer a post-graduate diploma that aims to address the data analytics and busine... |
| 15.06.2016 | Yellowwoods buys stake in SA’s DataProphet to help the startup to expand globally | - |
| 21.07.2015 | Machine learning startup DataProphet hones in on profitable call centre industry | Machine learning is a complicated subject. First experimented with by computer scientist Arthur Samuel back in 1956, the American eventually managed to build a program that could beat him at a game of checkers. As badass as that was, it doe... |
| 21.07.2015 | Machine learning startup DataProphet hones in on profitable call centre industry | Machine learning is a complicated subject. First experimented with by computer scientist Arthur Samuel back in 1956, the American eventually managed to build a program that could beat him at a game of checkers. As badass as that was, it doe... |
| - | DataProphet has completed its $10 million Series A funding round | DataProphet, artificial intelligence as a service (AI-a-a-S) company, has announced the closing of a $10 million Series A funding round.
The round was led by Knife Capital and included participation from IDC of South Africa and Norican, the... |
